[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“A local vulnerability in a Lotus Notes for Linux configuration
file could allow a malicious user to manipulate the values of
essential configuration parameters and gain access to files.“When installing Lotus Notes for Linux, the default permissions
for the ‘notesdata/notes.ini’ configuration file are ‘666.’ This
gives malicious local users the ability to open the file, change
the values of configuration parameters and save them. The local
copy of Notes would then run using these altered parameter values,
which could cause Notes to operate improperly and possibly destroy
or alter data…”